Explanatory — Draft the middle

Teacher edition · Grade 8 · Lesson 34 · Road-map project

Writing Book 8 · sheet 73

At least one point standing on three sources that disagree.

2. Your turn

In your notebook: draft the middle for your own piece, double-spaced so there is room to correct.

Below is what a full, correct answer looks like. Children's wording will differ and should — mark the thing this lesson taught, not everything at once.

Read the one sentence you are most sure of.model — accept any answer that does the same job

3. Before you finish

Read the one sentence you are most sure of.

Watch forHandling disagreement does not mean picking a winner and hiding the loser. The reader must see both and see why the writer chose.